Paul Scholes says Mikel Arteta transfer target is ‘bigger and better’ than Arsenal

Paul Scholes has warned Mikel Arteta that 1 of his apical transportation targets, Alexander Isak, is ‘bigger and better’ than Arsenal.

Arsenal person long been linked with a determination for the Sweden international, who has taken his crippled to different level this season, scoring 17 goals successful the Premier League alone.

The Gunners expressed involvement successful signing a caller striker during the January transportation model but were priced retired of a woody for Isak, who Newcastle value astatine much than £100m.

Arteta was funny successful bringing England striker Ollie Watkins to the Emirates Stadium but the Gunners failed with a precocious determination for the Aston Villa man.

Arsenal are present expected to walk large for a caller goalscorer successful the summer, with Isak inactive believed to beryllium 1 of Arteta’s apical targets on with RB Leipzig prima Benjamin Sesko.

But Manchester United and England fable Scholes cannot spot Isak moving to Arsenal and says helium tin people a ‘bigger and better’ move.

‘Everyone loves him but I don’t spot a anticipation of him going to Arsenal,’ Scholes said connected The Overlap. ‘He needs to spell bigger and better.

‘We’re talking astir Real Madrid here, Liverpool request a centre forward. I deliberation Arsenal would beryllium an enactment but I deliberation they would beryllium down the database of options.

‘I don’t mean that successful a atrocious mode but he’s astatine Newcastle, a truly bully team, a superb team, but they’re not going to triumph league titles, that’s the adjacent signifier of his career.

‘I deliberation it would beryllium a hazard to spell to Arsenal and bash the aforesaid thing. Liverpool person got a overmuch amended chance, Man City and Real Madrid the same.

‘I deliberation his sights should beryllium higher than Arsenal. He is simply a subordinate Man United would beryllium looking astatine but successful the presumption we’re successful now… it’s not going to happen.’

Former Liverpool and England defender Jamie Carragher past pressed Scholes connected whether helium believes Isak is ‘better than Arsenal’.

Scholes responded: ‘Yeah. I hold helium takes Arsenal to different level, helium would beryllium superb and helium could perchance get you implicit the line. But I conscionable deliberation there’s bigger and amended successful him.’

Arsenal were 1 of the fewer Premier League clubs not to marque immoderate signings during the January transportation window.

Speaking aft the marketplace closed, Arteta admitted helium was ‘disappointed’ by the deficiency of additions but praised the club’s discipline.

‘We had a wide volition which is ever erstwhile a model opens to research the opportunities to amended our squad with players that tin marque an impact,’ helium said.

‘With players injured, we’ve been impacted and we haven’t achieved it. We are disappointed successful that consciousness but arsenic good we are precise alert that we lone privation to bring definite kinds of players and we person to beryllium precise disciplined with that arsenic well. I deliberation that we were.

‘It’s successful the profile, a subordinate that we judge tin marque america overmuch better. Financially determination is simply a batch of ways, a batch of things that we indispensable enactment successful the lane that has taken america this acold and from determination effort to improve.’

Arsenal were knocked retired of the Carabao Cup by Newcastle United past week, losing 4-0 crossed the 2 semi-final legs.

Arteta’s side, six points down Premier League leaders Liverpool, instrumentality to enactment connected Saturday against Leicester City.

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